Saturday, May 04, 2013

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Hey, everyone! It's been a while since I've done a stacking the shelves post. The first minute of the vlog below is basically me explaining where I am going to college (yay!) and the reasoning behind the recruitment notice that Tynga has posted in regards to me last week. I hope you watch to understand, then keep watching to see the awesome goodies I've gathered in the last month.

Wednesday's in the Tower by Jessica Day George (Thanks Netgalley and Bloomsbury)

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If anyone is interested, I have some pictures from my recent trip to Italy. If not, scroll all the way down and add your STS post to the linky below! My parents sent me here with my school as a graduation gift. I qualified for the trip because I can read, speak, and write fluent Italian, I'm President of my school's Italian Club, and I am a proud member of the Italian National Honor Society.

So, we took a connecting flight from the US to Switzerland, than Switzerland to Venice, Italy. We saw the Swiss Alps while we were in the air. Is it not gorgeous?

We landed in Venice and immediately went to the mask factory where we got to help with making some. They bring out my eyes... haha

We went to Florence the next day, where we stopped at a bridge to overlook the city. It was sort of freezing that morning.

And some of us (me included) also illegally test drove Ferrari's.

We continued on to a walking tour of Florence, where we got to see some amazing sites. As an insane literature buff, I freaked out when we arrived at Dante's Church, despite the fact that he is buried in Ravenna due to his political exile.

With some extra time on our hands, my friends and I decided to climb the Duomo. See that? Yeah, we did that sprinting in, like, 15 minutes. Nuts.

But it was all worth it when we got to see all of Florence in the end. Look at this view! It's something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

The next day we headed to Sorento, but we stopped at Orvietto on the way. Orvietto is a small, medieval town in the mountains. It shows us the Italian countryside rich with history instead of the big cities and tourist attractions.

And this was the view from my hotel room in Sorento. Seriously. No words.

While we were in Sorento, we spent a day in Capri. The inhabitants of this island are the luckiest people in the world. We took a boat tour of the entire island, so this is a view of the island while I was at its highest point and while I was touring it on a boat.

While in Sorento, we also went to Pompeii. It was my second time there and it only gets better and better. Ciao, ciao Mt. Vesuvio!

Then, of course, we ended this beautiful trip in Roma....where we stayed in a pink hotel that matched my best friends pants.

The Colosseum is always beautiful to me. Just think of all the history it holds.

While in Rome we also visited the Vatican. It was my second time there as well, so I decided not to bring my camera because of security and the fact that I nabbed all my pictures the first time around. The Vatican can't change much, you know? But it'll always take your breath away. With that being said, I still had to whip out my cell to take a picture of the Spanish guards. Their uniforms <3

(Our last dinner consisted of unlimited pasta, wine, and strabwerry tiramisu. It is perhaps the best desert I have ever had).

And before we left my best friend, Nikki, and myself grabbed a picture of us on the Spanish Steps with a wedding in the background (though the tourists behind us accidentally blocked it out. Oh well) And my little tour of Italy for everyone here e' finito!

I'm a 18 year old from a small town in New Jersey that's a newcomer to the book blogging world. Because I am an incoming senior in high school the closest thing that I have to a job is being a volunteer at the town library, so I spend most of my time reading and persuading my parents to let me buy more books!

I loved Easy and The Collector. Really want to read Mila 2.0. Congrats on the win. Ooohhh I would love to go to Italy!!!!!! I am still kicking myself in the butt for not going on my high schools trip to France. I took French. Can't speak much more than what my name is and that I would like pizza. LOL My Stack

Haha! <3 I never thought to mention it! It's after 4 years of schooling at an Honors level (: My Italian teacher is pretty much like a second mother despite the fact that I'm taller than her since she barely breaks 5 feet.

Awesome trip, I really want to go to Italy and Rome one day!I'm so looking forward to 'The Pirate's Wish', and I saw it on Netgalley, but I'm being good and waiting until it comes out so I can read it for the first time in pretty book-form. :)

Holy moly, best graduation present ever! It looks like you had a great time and the pictures are so beautiful! It's very cool you can speak Italian.I've heard great things about Easy and the Collector, but haven't read either. Happy reading!

The first time I went I went in June. The only trouble I had was the Vatican then because of the knees and shoulders needing to be covered, I almost fainted from heatstroke but I was fine when I could wear my shorts and tank tops and such. It was really nice this time of year besides that one morning in Florence. It rained that day so we were in sweatshirts.

And I would highly recommend reading EASY! Yeah, it makes me mad. No more lending out books unless I 100% trust the people now.

Lili -- that trip looks amazing! And you're going to have such a fantastic time at college. You can always come back to blogging -- you should focus on school. But I'll miss you :( Hope we can stay in touch!

Oh wow, your trip to Italy looks absolutely divine! Congrats on getting to go, it looks like an incredible experience :D And thanks so much for sharing some pics ♥

You got a fantastic haul too, MILA 2.0 and Pirate's Wish are on my wishlist...The Collector & Some Quiet Place I both own but haven't gotten a chance to read yet!! Congrats on all your goodies and happy reading!!

That mask really suits you! Wow, what amazing pictures - looks like you had a fantastic time. :-) It's my dream to go to the Bay of Naples one day, and it does look gorgeous from your photos. Enjoy your books this week, and have a lovely week! :-)